Apr 27 2003
Oh, rapture!
Well, maybe not quite *rapture*, exactly… but several noteworthy “events” occurred this week to make this kid near as happy as a pig in poop…… almost enough to lessen the dread of the upcoming work-week from hell (alas, that’s almost).
One: my camera has finally returned!!! Of course, timing was rather less than perfect, as it rained much of the evenings this week, and pretty much all day on Saturday. I’m hoping for some good weather next weekend so we can get out and I can fiddle with it and with the new lenses that Husband gave me for Christmas.
Two: I have discovered a ten-pin bowling center <30 minutes from the house, and it doesn't appear to be a total dive. Yay! Before moving from MA, I'd never experienced "big ball bowling" - I grew up on candlepin bowling, which seems to be the dominant version in New England (and apparrently started in Worcester, MA). When I moved to North Carolina, I knew nobody there and decided that maybe it’d be fun to join a ten-pin league (having tried the game once while in Virginia)…. despite the excruciating necessity of going solo to the bowling center the night they assigned teams, I discovered I absolutely *loved* the game (I didn’t play it as I would a sport, for those whose hackles are raised). I purchased my own shoes (something I highly recommend, even for those who don’t bowl that frequently) and my own bowling ball (it’s amazing what a difference a ball that’s drilled to fit your hand will make), and after a few months found myself in three bowling leagues (one of which was a work league that I resurrected from the dead). One of the things I miss about Greensboro is their reallyreally nice bowling center, and it looks like there’s a reasonably nice one in Lowell, MA. I can see a few Saturday mornings spent relearning how to bowl. I can’t wait!
Three: I have a new toy. My Palm Pilot finally gave up the ghost, requiring me to purchase a replacement in the form of a Sony Clié. Very happy am I.
